Level 5 Diploma in Leadership in Health and Social Care Unit 502

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UNIT 502 PROMOTE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Assignment 1 Professional development is words that many people maybe don’t like to hear or think about however it is through professional development that we can assess where we are in our lives and career plans and where we want to go. It enables us to recognise areas that we may need to develop to reach our goals and assist us to plan the way in which we can accomplish that development. In the health and social care sector there are continual changes which we need to keep aware off and develop our understanding of what is required of us in our work role to meet these changes. As health care workers developing ourselves professionally enables us to improve the quality of the service we provide as well as being one of the requirements of registration with NISCC. A lot of people may view professional development as being a chore, a requirement of the job or maybe they feel that with the everyday tasks they already have to complete for their job they just don’t have the time to take on anything extra. However in the role of manager it is our responsibility to identify the staff needs for development with each individual’s ability and possibly their preferred learning style to turn professional development from a negative to a positive for that person, to enable them to develop their capabilities and skills within their job role and enjoy the experience. When sourcing areas of training for staff be creative, assess who the training is for and the best way to deliver it, if for a group is it better to bring someone in and do it in-house is this feasible to your workplace. Other possibilities may be that the training is available to do online which in turn means that you don’t have to close for to provide training, maybe it would be possible to organise joint training with similar organisations to enable release of a smaller
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